The sign of a secure installation would have been "You want us to open up port 25OR624 for a web service. OK, we'll get back to you when it's done. Note: we are rather picky about security - keep us informed. We'll be watching."
Would most corporate firewalls block port 8080?
- (Meerkat)
- (14)
- July 18, 2003, 10:38:21 AM EDT
8080 is the Web-Caching (Proxy) port
- (folkert)
- (4)
- July 18, 2003, 10:51:52 AM EDT
Cool. So blocking it would be a thing most companies do.
- (Meerkat)
- (3)
- July 18, 2003, 11:08:45 AM EDT
Use a wacko port
- (deSitter)
- (2)
- July 18, 2003, 11:27:22 AM EDT
No.
- (pwhysall)
- (1)
- July 20, 2003, 12:02:14 PM EDT
OK that works
-NT
- (deSitter)
- July 20, 2003, 12:31:11 PM EDT
I wouldn't have thought so.
- (static)
- (7)
- July 19, 2003, 08:29:13 AM EDT
The official response was (more or less)...
- (Meerkat)
- (6)
- July 21, 2003, 12:38:15 AM EDT
Re: The official response was (more or less)...
- (deSitter)
- (2)
- July 21, 2003, 12:52:15 AM EDT
I could pursue it through official channels,
- (Meerkat)
- (1)
- July 21, 2003, 01:10:26 AM EDT
It's a right wally-woo world, mate
-NT
- (deSitter)
- July 21, 2003, 01:15:32 AM EDT
"Ours is not to reason why..."
- (static)
- (2)
- July 21, 2003, 06:31:24 AM EDT
Either that, or too much paperwork :)
-NT
- (Meerkat)
- (1)
- July 21, 2003, 07:42:37 AM EDT
I imagine that would qualify as "too hard". :-)
-NT
- (static)
- July 21, 2003, 10:59:05 PM EDT
FWFW
- (kmself)
- July 20, 2003, 04:36:56 AM EDT